Horror update in case of entire Merced family & eight-month-old baby kidnapped as cops say ‘worst fears’ have come true

FOUR family members, including a baby girl, have been found dead after they were kidnapped at gunpoint from a California business.

The bodies of married couple Jasleen Kaur, 27, and Jasdeep Singh, 36, their eight-month-old daughter Aroohi Dheri, and Jasdeep's brother Amandeep Singh, 39, were found in an orchard field on Wednesday.

Merced County Sheriff Vernon Warnke said that the agency's "worst fears" came true when the bodies were discovered following the kidnapping, which was caught on camera, on Monday.

A farmworker found the bodies in an "extremely" rural and remote area of Merced County.

"Tonight our worst fears have been confirmed," said Warnke.

"We found the four people from the kidnapping and they are in fact deceased."

Warnke described the crime as "senseless," saying that "there's no words right now to describe the anger I feel."

"I said it earlier, there's a special place in hell for this guy and I mean it," the sheriff said.

The horrifying find came after surveillance footage released earlier on Wednesday showed the family being walked out of their business at gunpoint.

The family had opened the office for their business Unison Trucking Inc only a week earlier, family members told local news outlet KXTV.

The chilling video shows the suspect entering the building just before 9am after walking up the property's walkway with a white trash bag in his hand.

The business has no cameras inside.

The kidnapper, who was carrying a gun, wore a medical mask over his face as he escorted them from the business off South Highway 59 into a waiting car.

Both Singh brothers appeared to have their hands zip-tied behind their backs as they were forced into a vehicle, while Kaur was seen carrying her child.

"At 9.11am, the back door opens," a deputy said at a previous press conference.

The two brothers walk backwards, arms tied behind their backs, followed by the suspect with a gun.

They are escorted to the vehicle parked nearby.

The suspect then returns to the business and comes out with Kaur, who is holding Aroohi Dheri.

SUSPECT ARRESTED

Police have since taken suspect Jesus Manuel Salgado into custody.

The 48-year-old attempted to take his own life "prior to law enforcement involvement," cops said.

He is currently in critical condition receiving medical attention, the Merced County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post.

Detectives arrested Salgado after the sheriff's office received information on Tuesday "that one of the victim’s ATM cards was used at an ATM located at a bank in the City of Atwater."

The sheriff said on Wednesday night that the family's relatives were notified after their bodies were found.

“We’re hoping that they can now at least have some kind of closure,” Warnke said.

“It’s not the closure we were hoping for; it’s not the closure they were hoping for.”

MYSTERY MOTIVE

A motive in the kidnapping remained unclear as of early Thursday morning.

The Associated Press reported that the kidnapper made no ransom demands.

“My husband is very peaceful and calm person. We don’t have any clue why they kidnapped them,” Jaspreet Caur, wife of the kidnapped uncle, said.

Suspect Salgado had previously been convicted of first-degree robbery with the use of a firearm in Merced County, attempted false imprisonment, and an attempt to prevent or dissuade a victim or witness, AP reported.

A judge sentenced him to 11 years in state prison in that case and he was released in 2015.

“As of right now, we believe it was random,” Deputy Alexandra Britton said.

“We don’t have evidence to prove otherwise.”